Capital-to-Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR)

Capital-to-Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR)

Subject – Economy

Context – Srei firms found ever-greening NPAs, in payment default

Concept –

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Ever-greening of NPAs

• The evergreening of loans is a well-known exercise, in which banks revive a loan on the verge of default by granting further loans to the same firm.
• Evergreening is a ploy to mask loan default by giving new loans to help delinquent borrowers repay or pay interest on old loans.
  • For years, it was central to functioning of IL&FS.
• The consequences of evergreening are well known: a reduction in reported defaults in the short run, followed by an eventual explosion in default rates.
• The pattern has manifested in all major economies, including the US, the European Union, Japan and India.